As I continued reading the narrative I noticed that even though Mary was going through a tough time, what kept her positive was her faith in God. During that time with Mrs. Wood the great wash came around she had to lift many heavy things and she told Mrs. Wood that she was very very ill the slave master showed no remorse or sympathy towards her. Mary was threatened that if she did not complete the chores she would be out of the job and personally kicked out by Mr. Wood. In page 22 she talks about when she went into the service of Mr and Mrs Pringle and how Mary is comfortable their even though she is separated from her husband. Mary also mentions that the mistress teaches the word of god and how it helps her through out the day, taking away from the pain she once went through. In this time period faith in god was pretty had to find because the slaves had no access to any holy places and they sort of lose hope and faith in god. So for Mary to still have faith in god shows that even though going through all the ill treatment she still didn’t give up and thinking that something better was coming her way. Also I liked that the mistress was the one that was reading chapters to her about god because in that time that wasn’t aloud. It made me believe that there are still good people during that time of sorrow and sadness.

In the reading I found a couple things interesting. During that time period Mary knowing that she was a slave was so normal and to be treated the way she was treated. She loved to be with her first slave owner Mrs. Williams in which her duty was to just take care of the slave owners daughter Miss Betsy. The treatment she received when moving to Mr. I house was harsh, him beating her everyday for 5 years was horrible. Another thing that bothered me was being so young at that age and being separated from her mother and siblings is so heartbreaking. Her father returning her to Mr. I parish after she ran away made me grow a sort of hate towards her father because why would you want to see your daughter endure such pain from someone especially a white man during that time. Also Mary’s experience going to the Caribbean islands and seeing how much worse the environment was really different for her and had me thinking how terrible and satanic white people were to other human beings just because of their skin color.